Entrance and exit actuating mechanism for voting-machines.



No. 843,431. PATEN'IED EEB. 5, 190-7. C.' G. BARNUM J. Nl SHEPARDSON.

ENTRANCE AND EXIT ACIUATING MECHANISM EUR VOTING MACHINES.

APPLICATION FILED OGT.29, 1906.

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No. 843,431. PATENTED PEB. 5, 1907. 0. G. BARNUM @L J. N. SHEPARDSON.

ENTRANCE AND EXIT AGTUATING MEGHANISIM FOR VOTING MACHINESl APPLICATION FILED OOT.29. 1906. j

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ATTORNEY No. 843,431. EATENTED TEE, 5, 1907. G. G. EAENUM A; J.- N. SHEPAEDSON. ENTRANCE AND EXIT AGTUATING. MECHANISM EOE VOTING MACHINES.

APPLICATION FILED 0UT.29. 1 906.

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CARL G. BARNUM AND JEDEDIAIAI N. SHEPARDSON, OF PITTSFIELD, MASSA- CHUSETTS, ASSIGNORS TO TRIUMPH VOTING MACHINE COMPANY, OF PITTSFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS, A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

ENTRANCE AND EXIT ACTUATING MECHANISM FOR VOTING-MACHINES.

Speccation of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 5, 1907.

Application iiled October 29, 1906. Serial No. $40,984:.

To all whom, it may ccnccvt:

Be it known that we, CARL G. BARNUM and JnDnDrAi-r N. SrinrAnnsoN, citizens of the United States, residing at Pittsfield,

county of Berkshire, State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Entrance and Exit Actuating Mechanism for Voting- Machines, of which the following is a speciiication.

This invention relates to certain improvements in voting-machines.

It is one of the objectsot the invention to provide simple, strong, durable, positive, and light-running mechanism for actuating the several mchanisms of a voting-machine that are required to be operated by the entrance and exit members.

A 'further obect of the invention is to produce mechanism oi' this character comprising the fewest possible number ci parts and in which the cost oi construction shall be reduced to the minimum.

A further object ci the invention is to provide mechanism of this character in which the entrance member shall be locked against movement at the commencement ot the -rst movement of the exit member. h

With these and other objects in view the invention consists in certain constructions and in certain parts, improvements, and combinations, which will be hereinafter described and then specically pointed out in the claims hereunto appended.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which like characters of reference indicate the same parts, Figure 1 is a horizontal section ot a votingmachine, showing the entrance and exit operating mechanism in plan, the conn ections for the voting and counting mechanisms being shown, but said mechanisms being omitted for the sake of clearness, the parts being in the position they occupy after the iirst movement of the entrance member, which has actuated the wedge-bar connections; Fig. 2, a similar view showing the position of the parts after the second movement of the entrance member, which has merely returned the entrance-cam and entrance-slide to their 5o normal positions, and after the 'first movement of the exit member, which has locked the entrance member, so that a second voter cannot have access to the voting mechanism until after the completion of the second movement of the eXit member h as returned the wedge-bar connections to their normal or non-voting position, has actuated the counting mechanism, has actuated the shutterclosing mechanism, and in case an independent vote has been cast has actuated the paper-feeding mechanism; Fig. 3, a detail view, on an enlarged scale, partly in horizontal section and partly in plan, showing the entrance-slide, the entrance-rack, and the driving-bar in the normal or non-voting position, Fig. 4, a similar view showing the position of the parts after the first movement of the entrance member, the position in this view corresponding with Fig. 1; Fig. 5, a similar view showing the position oi the parts after the second movement of the entrance member; Fig. 6, a similar view showing the position of the parts just after the commencement of the iirst movement of the exit member Fig. 7, a similar view showing the position oi the parts after the completion of the iirst movement of the exit member, the position in this view corresponding with Fig. 2; Fig. 8, a detail elevation corresponding with Fig. 3 Fig. 9, a detail elevation corresponding with Fig. 6; and Fig. 1()A is a transverse section, on an enlarged scale, on the line 10 10 in Fig. 1 looking in the direction of' the arrow.

2O denotes the case of the machine, which may be of any ordinary or preferred construction. In the present instance we have illustrated the case of a Triumph votingmachine.

21 denotes the entrance member, in the present instance an oscillatory shaft operated by a lever 22, and 23 the eXit member, in the present instance an oscillatory shaft o'gerated by a lever 24. Shaft 21 is ournaled in an end bracket 25 and a bracket 26, secured to the base, which is specifically indicated by 36, and carries an entrance-cam 27, having a cam-groove 2S. This groove is engaged by a roller carried by a stud 29, which extends from entrance-slide 30.

31 denotes a pin extending from the opposite i'ace of the entrance-slide, which lies in a slot 32 in entrance-rack 33.

3a denotes the driving-bar, which carries IOO a pin 35, which also lies in slot 32 in the entrance-rack. The entrance-slide, the entrance-rack, and the driving-bar r'ciprocate upon the base and are supported by suitable guides, as guides 37, other guides tor said members being omitted for clearness, as speci'lically they form no part of the present invention. rihe driving-bar extends nearly the length of the machine and is provide-d at the exit end upon the upper side with a rack 3S, which is engaged by a pinion 39 upon a short shaft 40, carrying a bevel-'pinion 41, which meshes with a bevel-pinion 42 on a shaft 43, which also carries a pinion 44. Pinion 44 meshes with a gear-wheel 45 on a shaft which, in connection with its o'ierating-lever, we have termed the exit member and have indicated by -3. The exit member is journaled in an end bracket 4G, and shaft 40 is journaled in a bracket 47,secured to the base.

We will now describe the operating connections by which the several mechanisms ot' the machine are operated in sequence. l Fig. 3 we have illustrated the position of the operating mechanism at the entrance end of the machine in the normal or non-voting position. The complete operation of both the entrance member and the exit member is a movement of the member from the normal position to a stop and then a return to the start-ing position. For this reason we shall describe these movements as the 'lirst and second movements oi' the entrance and exit members, it being understood, of course, that the invention is not limited to anyspecial arrangement of the parts or direction ol' movement of the entrance and exit members. The iirst act of a voter is to make the 'Erst movement of the entrance member. This shifts the parts at the entrance end of the machine from the position shown in F .3 to the position shown in Figs. l and 4.

The entrance-cam has move-d entrance-slide 30 toward the right, and pin 3l on the entrance-slide, through its engagement with the right end of slot 32 in the entrance-rack, has moved said rack towtrd the right. he entrance-rack meshes with a pinion 43 on a vertical shat't 49, said pinion in turn meshing with a pinion 50 on another vertical shaft 5l, and said pinion 50 in turn meshing with a wedge-bar rack 52. In practice a plurality of pinions 5() and wedge-bar raclrs are used, the racks being connected to a vertical bar 53, to which the wedge-bars or resettingslides 54 are connected, one wedge-bar or resetting-slide only being shown.

The second movement of the entrance member follows the mst movement immediately-in tact, the two movements comprise one reciprocation, although for the salie of clearness We prefer to describe them as two movements. The etlect of the second movereturn entrance-slide 30 from the position shown in Fig. 4 to the position shown in Figs. 3 and 5, leaving entrance-rack 33 in the position shown in ligs. 4 and 5. The voter then passes around to the front ol the machine and performs the voting operation, and then passes to the right along the front ol" the machine and performs the iirst operation oi the exit member.

rlhe operations performed by the exit member are the locking ol the entrance member, so that a second voter cannot have access to the voting mechanism until after the completion of the second movement ot said member, the operation oi the wedge-bar connections to return the edge-bars or resetting-slides to their normal position, the actuation ot' the counting mechanism, the actuation of the shutter-closing mechanism, and in case an independent vote has been cast the acutation of the pa} 3er-teeding mechanism.

The lirst movement of the exit member through the connections already described moves the driving-bar toward the right, from the position shown in 1 to the position shown in Fig. 2. The locking ol' the entrance member is e'llccted by mechanism which we will now describe.

Entrance-slide 3G is provided with a lochingecess 55, which is engaged by a pawl 56, pivotei to a bra et 57, secured the base. The eriving-l is provi ed; with an upwardly-extfen-ing dog 53, having an incline 59, and the pawl is provide/f` with an ontwarily-I aten; ing pin 60, which in the normal position of the parts, as in Figs. 3 anni 8, rests upon the deg, thereby retaining the pawl out el engagement with the entrancesli 4e. 'i'ie instant the 'l'irst movement et the exit member clfnnmences and the rriving-bar is me Ted toward the right from. the position shown in Fig. l. the deg will pass out 'l'rom under pin 60, as shown in Fig. 6, and will permit thep'rwl to erop down into` locking-recess 55, as snewn in Fig. S), thereby locking the entrance-slide and through the engagement stud 2Q with the entrance-cam locking the entrance member rigirly in its normal position, thus making it in'ipossible tor a second voter to pass around to the face olt the machine and c isc/over the vote el a previous voter beter-e the voting members have been retnrneil to the normal or nen-voting pesition andL locked there by the we(r The return movement et the wedge-bar connections is etlecteif through the engagement of pin 35 on the riving-bar with the right en't ci slet 32 in the entrance-rack. 'lhe eileet of this engagement is to move the entrance-rack from ne pcsit'on shown in Figs. l, 4, 5, and 6 to the position shown in Figs. 2, 3, and 7. 114s tile @trineo-rack moves toward the rient, it imparts rotary movement of the entrance member is merely to i ment to pinions 48 and 50, which in turn IOO ISO

an exit member and connections intermei diate the driving-bar and the exit member, of an entrance member, an entrance-slide actuated thereby and provided with a lockingrecess, an. entrance-rack lying intermediate the entrance-slide and the driving-bar and provided with a longitudinal slot, pins extend ing from the entrance-slide and the driving-b ar and engaging the ends of said slots respectively to move the entrance-rack in opposite directions, and a paWl adapted to engage the locking-recess.

4. ln a mechanism of the character described the combination with a driving-bar provided with a' dog, an exit member and connections intermediate the driving-b ar and the exit member, of an entrance member, an entrance-slide actuated thereby and previded with a locking-recess, an entrancerack lying intermediate the entrance-slide and the driving-bar and provided with a longitudinal slot, pins extending from the ontrance-slide and the driving-bar and engaging the ends of said` slot respectively to move the entrance-rack in opposite directions, a paWl adapted to engage the locking-recess to lock the entrance-slide and entrance member and a pin extending from the pawl which is engaged by the dog to lift the paWl and release the entrance-slide and entrance member near the end of the movement of the exit member.

5. In a mechanism of the character described the combination With a driving-bar provided with a dog, an exit member having rotary movement in opposite directions and connections intermediate the driving-bar and the exit member, of an entrance member having rotary movement in opposite directions, an entrance-slide actuated thereby and provided with a locking-recess, an entrance-rack lying intermediate the entranceslide and the driving-bar and provided with a longitudinal slot, a pin eXtendin g from the entrance-slide and engaging one end of said slot to move the entrance-rack in one direction, a pin extending from the driving-bar and engaging the other end of said slot to move the entrance-rack in the opposite direction, and a-paWl having a pin extending therefrom which is engaged by the dog, said paivl being released by the dog and engaging the locking-recess to lock the entrance-slide and entrance member at the beginning of the first movement of the exit member and being lifted by the dog and disengaged from said locking-recess near the end of the second movement of the exit member.

6. In a mechanism of the character described the combination with a driving-bar having a rack 3S, a slide-bar having a rack 7 4, and an exit member carrying a gear-Wheel, of shafts carrying pinions engaging said racks and at their opposite ends bevel-pinions, and a shaft at right angles to said shafts carrying a pinion engaging the gear-Wheel and a bevelpinion engaging the other bevel-pinions and acting to reciprocate the driving-bar and slide-bar When the exit member is actuated.

7. In a mechanism of the character described the combination with a driving-bar having a rack 3S and a paper-feed rack S4, paper-feeding mechanism actuated by rack 84 and a slide-bar having a rack 74, of an exit member carrying a gear-Wheel, shafts carrying pinions engaging racks 38 and 74 and at their opposite ends bevel-pinions, and a shaft at right angles to said shafts carrying a pinjon engaging the gear-Wheel and a bevelpinion engaging the other bevel-pinions and acting to reciprocate the driving-bar and slide-bar when the exit member is actuated.

S. In a mechanism of the character described the combination with a driving-bar having a rack 3S, a slide-bar having racks 74 and 7 6, and shutter-closing mechanism actuated by rack 7 6, of an exit member carrying a gear-Wheel, shafts carrying pinions engaging racks 3S and 74 and at their opposite ends bevel-pinions, and a shaft at right angles to said shafts carrying a pinion engaging the gear-Wheel and a bevel-pinion engaging the other bevel-pinions and acting to reciprocate the driving-bar and slide-bar When the exit member is actuated.

9. In a mechanism of the character described the combination With a driving-bar having a rack 38 and a counter-rack 61, counter-operating mechanism actuated by rack 61 and a slide-bar having a rack 74, of an exit member carrying a gear-Wheel, shafts carrying pinions engaging racks 3S and 74 and at their opposite ends bevel-pinions, and a shaft at right angles to said shafts carrying a pinion engaging the gear-wheel and a bevelpinion engaging the other bevel-pinions and acting to reciprocate the driving-bar and slide-bar When the exit member is actuated.

10. ln a mechanism of the character described the combination with a driving-bar having a rack 3S, a slide-bar having a rack 74, a shutter-closing bar carried by the slidebar and a shutter engaged by the shutter-closing bar, of an exit member carrying a gearwheel, shafts carrying pinions engaging racks 3S and 74 and at their opposite ends bevelpinions, and a shaft at right angles to said shafts carrying a pinion engaging the gear- Wheel and a bevel-pinion engaging the other bevel-pinions and acting to reciprocate the driving-bar and slide-bar when the exit member is actuated.

11. In a mechanism of the character de- IOO i i the entrance-rack in opposite directions aad a pawi adapted to engage the to lock the entrance-slide and member.

l2 in a mechanism of the character described the combmation with a dji ing-bar provided Wi "i a dog and an exit member and connections intermediate the driving-ba: and the exit 1nember,of an entganee member, entrance-slide actuated thereby and p ovided With a locking-recess, an ent ancorack lying intermediate the entrance-:dido and the driving-bar, Wedge-bar connections actuated by 'the entrance-rack, pins omU ing from the entrance-slide and the di bar for moving the entrance-rack in opposite directions and a pawi adapted to engage the locking-recess to iock the entrance-s Ade and the entrance member and provided a 'th a pin which is engaged by the dog to iii't the paWi and reiease the entrance-slide and eirtrance member.

13. in a mechanism of the rharacter described the combination with a driving-bar having a rack 3S, an exit member carrying a gear-wheel, a shaft carrying a pinion engaging said rack and at its opposite ends a beveipinion and a shaft at right angies to said shaft and carrying a pinion engaging a gear- Wheei and a bevei-pinion engaging the other bevel-pinion, o? an entance member, an entrance-slide actuated thereby, an entrance-rack lying intermediate the entrancesiide and the driving-bar and pins extending 'from the entrance-slide and the driving-bar recess ne entrance icc t om the e' for moving the entrance-rack in opposite directions.

l-i. in a mechanism of the character described the combination with a driving-bar havin a rash 38, an exit member carrying a geaf-Wheei, a shalt ear. ying a pinion engagsaid rack and Yts opposite end a beveipin on and a haft at right angies to said si aft and ca; f". f a on engagingthegear- `eei and a b' ion engaging the other eve thereby and provided s, an entrance-rack lying 'ancesiide and the drivfrom the entranceideinoppo. adapted to engage the iocking-recess.

" .i a mechanism of the character dethe combination with a driving-bar ed 'with a dog and a rack 38, an exit member ear; a -Wheeh a shaft carrying a pinion enga jing said rack and at its opposite end a bevel-pa Lon and a shaft at right n #s to said shait ca ying a pinion engagthe gea@ neet and a bei/*ei-pinion engagthe other bevel-pinion, of an entrance member, an entrance-slide actuated thereby baking-recess, an ene-raci; ij K Atermcdiate the entrancesiide and the d i g-bar, pins extending `i ance-siate and the driving-bar ntfance-ra k in opposite dif pawi adapted to engage the locking-recess, for the purpose set forth, and pgoyided with a pin which is engaged by the dog to iift the pawi.

in testimony whereof We affix our signatures in presence of tivo Witnesses.

G. Bf'iRNUM. )L-ifi N. SHEPARDSON.

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